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Ricoh USA and Insight Surgery entered into a strategic partnership to bring patient-specific surgical guides for pediatric and adult orthopedic and maxillofacial surgeries to market in the U.S.
This partnership enables RICOH 3D for Healthcare to distribute Insight Surgery’s surgical guides tailored for a variety of applications in orthopedic surgery, including pediatric and adult osteotomy cases, pelvic surgeries, deformity corrections of the upper and lower limbs, orthopedic oncology and the sourcing and shaping of allograft. The guides are also used in oral and maxillofacial surgeries, such as orthognathic and facial reconstruction procedures. Each guide is individually designed and translates a bespoke virtual surgical plan onto a patient.
Insight Surgery’s personalized surgical guides are built by a team of biomedical engineers and can be delivered with expedited service within 10 working days and standard service within 10 to 20 working days. This rapid turnaround, coupled with Insight Surgery’s proprietary platform, EmbedMed, allows for seamless integration of digital surgical planning and guide production. EmbedMed facilitates the secure transfer of patient imaging data, supports the design process and ensures precise manufacturing of surgical guides in ISO 13485-certified, FDA-registered facilities.
Surgeons and healthcare facilities interested in using these patient-specific surgical guides can initiate requests by contacting their local Clinical Applications Specialist or onsite Ricoh Clinical Engineers (where applicable). The process includes secure DICOM acquisition, digital segmentation, presurgical planning and design review with an Insight Surgery engineer, followed by the manufacturing and delivery of the sterilizable guides.
“This partnership aligns perfectly with our mission to turn patient information into clinical and economic ROI,” said Gary Turner, Managing Director, Ricoh USA, Inc. “By leveraging Insight Surgery’s expertise and our own robust healthcare network, we are democratizing access to cutting-edge, patient-specific technologies, especially in underserved segments like pediatric care. We are setting a new standard for personalized surgery.”
“Ricoh USA’s extensive presence in the healthcare sector, combined with its distribution and clinical application capabilities, makes them an ideal partner for Insight Surgery,” said Henry Pinchbeck, CEO of Insight Surgery. “By integrating our innovative surgical planning and guide solutions with Ricoh’s point-of-care network and enterprise-wide hospital 3D printing programs, we can offer surgeons reliable, fast, and high-quality devices to enhance patient outcomes. This partnership propels our shared vision of making personalized surgery available to every surgeon in the nation.”
Source: Ricoh USA
